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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 12:48:12 PM

Title: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 12:48:12 PM

VOTE MORANS

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 19, 2007, 12:54:54 PM

I've played none of those games.  :'(

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Beezy on January 19, 2007, 12:59:53 PM

This poll was way too predictable Drinky. ::)

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Wobedraggled on January 19, 2007, 01:15:14 PM

1/4 erect

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 01:20:13 PM

VOTE!

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Cheebs on January 19, 2007, 02:32:28 PM

Okami

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link's awakening

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Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Ecrofirt on January 19, 2007, 03:22:03 PM

You missing any of the titles I would have voted for, assclown.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Yeti on January 19, 2007, 03:25:08 PM

I have only played through the oracle games once. I still picked Seasons though.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Oblivion on January 19, 2007, 03:35:15 PM

I dunno, Minish Cap was way too short to be nominated at all, I think. Great game, of course but I don't think it would stand with the rest.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 19, 2007, 04:20:28 PM

I lol'd

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 04:23:07 PM

I wanna vote for Link's Awakening, comon.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 04:24:17 PM

but the Oracle games are both better than Link's Awakening, which was godawful easy!

FINE, FINE

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Oblivion on January 19, 2007, 04:26:25 PM

Hey, if you put on LA then it's only fair to have OoT on there too. You can leave the rest out, though. Now do it!  :punch

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Yeti on January 19, 2007, 04:47:01 PM

I never played the DX version of Link's Awakening, how was it?

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 04:48:34 PM

OoT runs at 15 fps. It can't be the best Zelda.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 04:55:36 PM

At the threat of re-railing this joke thread:

LADX is easy, yes. But while Oracles and Ages have the best dungeons in the series, I felt that both suffered a bit from modern Zelda-itis in the amount of fetch-questing that had to be done between each dungeon. While better in parts than LADX, they also dragged at times...LADX has the better pacing and is thus the one I would choose as best. Minish Cap I felt did a much better job of balancing the overworld and underworld bits than either Oracle.

Still, at least here at EB we can have a real man's discussion about the real best Zeldas (Capcom's) and nobody is like "bu bu bu LINK TO THE PAST" which I dunno if you've replayed it recently but the dungeons are like 8 minutes long.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: demi on January 19, 2007, 05:03:50 PM

Quote from: Yeti on January 19, 2007, 04:47:01 PM

I never played the DX version of Link's Awakening, how was it?

Exactly the same... except some weenie extra dungeon that sucked and gave you armor that was useless because cmon by then you've beaten the game and what?

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 05:04:22 PM

LADX is the Ted Turner colorization of a gaming classic.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 19, 2007, 05:05:13 PM

I agree that Ages suffered from some awful fetch quests -- especially on the lizardman island. But I think Seasons is wonderfully paced, even if its dungeons are bit weaker and more combat-heavy than Ages. Plus Seasons effectively upgrades the original Zelda by retaining the same dungeon names and general layouts, and massively upgrades the classic bosses. Onox and Veran were refreshing "final" bosses, just because they were incredibly tough and didn't feature the same general gimmick as Ganon always did.

Oracle of Seasons <3 <3

Outside of the original Zelda -- which holds up terribly today -- Link's Awakening was the first Zelda I really actually ENJOYED. Zelda 2 and LttP were both pretty weak.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 05:11:57 PM

I really enjoyed Zelda 1 when I replayed it earlier, but it was more for a post-modern deconstruction of how the game was stored in NES memory yet still created the illusion of an expansive overworld than, well, gameplay. Plus Zelda 1 is a light afternoon's romp.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: TVC15 on January 19, 2007, 05:58:39 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 19, 2007, 05:11:57 PM

I really enjoyed Zelda 1 when I replayed it earlier, but it was more for a post-modern deconstruction of how the game was stored in NES memory yet still created the illusion of an expansive overworld than, well, gameplay. Plus Zelda 1 is a light afternoon's romp.

Did you pay for it on Virtual Console?

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 06:03:38 PM

NO!

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I bought it on GBA

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Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: TVC15 on January 19, 2007, 06:08:09 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 19, 2007, 06:03:38 PM

NO!

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I bought it on GBA

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Have you VCed anything yet, or will you resist?  You have to at least get something so you can have the full Wiinis experience.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 06:13:53 PM

I bought Castlevania. It was so awesome, and by awesome I mean $8.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: TVC15 on January 19, 2007, 06:16:42 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 19, 2007, 06:13:53 PM

I bought Castlevania. It was so awesome, and by awesome I mean $8.

8 dollars is the "Fun Size" of gaming.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 06:21:12 PM

Hey, I sent Buubs some BAGS!

You're my favorite cool young dude, TVC.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: TVC15 on January 19, 2007, 06:25:52 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 19, 2007, 06:21:12 PM

Hey, I sent Buubs some BAGS!

You're my favorite cool young dude, TVC.

Awesome.  Are you up for playing tonite, or will you be involved in more alco-bukkake?

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on January 19, 2007, 06:29:47 PM

We'll see. I may Wii it up or even play my 60 some (or maybe watch a non-interactive "movie").

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Vizzys on January 19, 2007, 06:31:01 PM

I voted for Links Awakening. Although oracle of ages was good.

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Oblivion on January 19, 2007, 09:00:37 PM

Quote from: Drinky Crow on January 19, 2007, 04:48:34 PM

OoT runs at 15 fps. It can't be the best Zelda.

What if the Wii ROM runs better? THEN WHAT?

Title: Re: Retro Poll of the Hour: Best Zelda title
Post by: Yeti on January 19, 2007, 11:39:33 PM

I suppose then he could complain about ugly textures